Battling Bush on the Budget
October 02, 2007
George Bush and the Republican leadership, in the twilight of a failed presidency, are blocking funding for domestic priorities like cancer research, infrastructure improvements and veterans programs. Now Bush is threatening to veto SCHIP, the health care program for low-income children, while at the same time asking for billions more to fund his mismanaged war in Iraq. In his latest entry on Huffington Post, President Gerald W. McEntee announces that AFSCME, along with Americans United for Change, USAction and a consortium of concerned groups, are launching a campaign to demand that Congress override the expected SCHIP veto.
We are locked in an epic battle with President Bush. A battle to preserve the role of the public services that keep our families safe and our communities strong. A battle over what kind of America we want to be.
